St treatment swallow dysfunction/oral at MultiCare Valley Hospital

12606 East Mission Ave, Spokane Valley, WA · Multicare · · NPI 1538345251

Source: hospital's published price file ↗ · Published Aug 27, 2026 · Ingested Sep 17, 2026

$127.60

Cash price

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Discounted cash price

What a hospital charges a self-pay patient who pays directly, without going through insurance — usually well below the gross charge.

Example: A CT scan has a $3,200 gross charge but an $850 discounted cash price. Ask for it by name when scheduling — hospitals don't always advertise it up front.

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$319.00

Gross charge

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Gross charge (chargemaster price)

The hospital's full, undiscounted list price — pulled from its internal "chargemaster" price list. Almost no one actually pays this.

Example: A chest X-ray has a gross charge of $1,450. The same hospital's discounted cash price for the same X-ray is $180 — the gross charge mostly anchors negotiations, not what patients pay.

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The hospital's undiscounted list price — almost no one pays this.

$50.22 with Molina vs $381.54 with Kaiser — same scan, same building. Share

Negotiated rates by payer
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Negotiated rate

The price a specific insurance plan agreed to pay the hospital for a service — it varies by insurer, and even by plan within the same insurer.

Example: The same knee MRI has a negotiated rate of $904 with one insurer's PPO plan and $1,509 with another's — identical hospital, identical scan.

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Payer
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Payer

The insurance company footing the bill — Aetna, UnitedHealthcare, Medicare, and so on.

Example: "Blue Cross Blue Shield" is the payer. Its negotiated rate for an MRI might be $904, while a different payer's negotiated rate for the same scan is $1,509.

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Plan
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Plan

The specific product an insurer sells — e.g. "Blue Cross PPO 500" — which sets your deductible, coinsurance and negotiated rates.

Example: Two people both insured by Aetna can owe very different amounts for the same MRI: $50 with an HMO plan's flat copay, or the full $1,200 toward a high-deductible PPO plan's unmet deductible.

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Negotiated rate vs. cash
Molina Apple Health $50.22 ↓ -61%
WellPoint Apple Health $50.72 ↓ -60%
Coordinated Care Apple Health $50.72 ↓ -60%
United Healthcare Apple Health $51.70 ↓ -59%
Community Health Plan of Washington Apple Health $53.18 ↓ -58%
United Healthcare Commercial $76.47 ↓ -40%
Blue Cross of Idaho MedAdvantage $87.56 ↓ -31%
Regence MedAdvantage $87.56 ↓ -31%
Aetna MedAdvantage $87.56 ↓ -31%
United Healthcare MedAdvantage $88.41 ↓ -31%
Molina MedAdvantage $89.26 ↓ -30%
WellCare MedAdvantage $89.26 ↓ -30%
Community Health Plan of Washington MedAdvantage $93.51 ↓ -27%
Premera Signature $106.02 ↓ -17%
Premera Prime $106.02 ↓ -17%
Premera Other Commercial Plans $106.02 ↓ -17%
First Choice MHS Employee MCC/PPO $118.51 ↓ -7%
Cigna Commercial $130.20 ↑ +2%
Premera HMO $138.59 ↑ +9%
Community Health Plan of Washington Cascade Care $143.32 ↑ +12%
Aetna All Commercial Plans $147.38 ↑ +16%
Regence/Asuris Commercial $152.19 ↑ +19%
First Choice MCC Wellfound Employee $154.30 ↑ +21%
Ambetter Coordinated Care Exchange $157.26 ↑ +23%
First Choice PPO $223.62 ↑ +75%
Multiplan/PHCS All Commercial Plans $229.68 ↑ +80%
First Health All Commercial Plans $229.68 ↑ +80%
Kaiser PPO $381.54 ↑ +199%
SCAN MedAdvantage not published by hospital

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St treatment swallow dysfunction/oral at other Washington hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Providence St Luke's Rehabilitation Medical Center Spokane $228.69 $86.74 – $95.41
Providence St Joseph Hospital Chewelah $141.40 not published
Swedish Medical Center - First Hill Campus Seattle $261.60 $69.39 – $263.52
Providence Sacred Heart Medical Center and Children's Hospital Spokane $338.80 $86.74 – $220.75
Swedish Medical Center Cherry Hill Seattle $261.60 $69.39 – $268.51
Swedish Issaquah Issaquah $261.60 $69.39 – $192.56
Central Medical Center Seattle $386.40 not published
Providence Centralia Hospital Centralia $344.24 $86.74 – $207.65

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